Florins (6) 1911 Shallow Neck Davies 1730 dies 1A, NEF/EF with golden tone in the legends, 1914 Davies 1735 dies 2C, with a different date configuration, Second 1 points to a space, the 4 points slightly left of a rim tooth, UNC with almost full lustre with some contact marks and small edge nicks, 1918 Davies 1741 dies 2E, GEF and lustrous with some small rim nicks and tone spots, 1918 Smaller reverse design with 8 of date centred over a space, Davies 1742 dies 2E, VF, a pleasing example of this rare type, 1921 Davies 1747 dies 3F, EF/AU with gold tone, 1922 Davies 1749, dies 3E, Bright Alloy, GEF with some contact marks and a small touch of underlying lustre, a pleasing group
Florins (6) 1889 Davies 814A, dies 3A, Reverse: Date's cross to bead, Harp's cross to space, unlisted in the original 1982 Davies book , VF lightly cleaned, Rare, 1914 Davies 1735 dies 2C, with a different date configuration, Second 1 points to a space, the 4 points slightly left of a rim tooth, GEF and lustrous with some small rim nicks, 1914 Davies 1736 dies 2D, Reverse: Thick rim with the 4 of the date pointing to a rim tooth, UNC or near so and lustrous, with some small rim nicks, and some tiny spots around the date, 1918 Davies 1741 dies 2E, GEF/AU the reverse with an edge nick and a small tone spot, 1918 Smaller reverse design with different date configuration, the 8 being centred over a rim tooth, Davies 1742A, Good Fine/NVF cleaned, 1921 Larger Obverse design, 27.7mm, ESC 940, Bull 3768, Davies 1747 dies 3F, NVF/VF with some small spots and a flan flaw on the obverse
Florins (6) 1911 Shallow Neck Davies 1730 dies 1A, NEF/EF with golden tone in the legends, 1914 Davies 1735 dies 2C, with a different date configuration, Second 1 points to a space, the 4 points slightly left of a rim tooth, UNC with almost full lustre with some contact marks and small edge nicks, 1918 Davies 1741 dies 2E, GEF and lustrous with some small rim nicks and tone spots, 1918 Smaller reverse design with 8 of date centred over a space, Davies 1742 dies 2E, VF, a pleasing example of this rare type, 1921 Davies 1747 dies 3F, EF/AU with gold tone, 1922 Davies 1749, dies 3E, Bright Alloy, GEF with some contact marks and a small touch of underlying lustre, a pleasing group
Florin 1918 ESC 937, Bull 3763, Davies 1741, in an NGC holder and graded MS65 a choice piece, all George V pre-1920 Florins extremely hard to find in choice grades. At the time of writing NGC have graded 86 examples, 4 in MS65 with none finer, also PCGS have only graded 2 example in MS65, thus making this the joint finest known
Florins (4) 1913 Second 1 in date points to a space, ESC 932, Bull 3758, Davies 1734 dies 2C, Fine/NVF, by far the rarer of the two types, 1918 ESC 937, Bull 3763, as Davies 1741 with second 1 in date pointing to a bead, Fine/NVF, 1918 ESC 937, Bull 3763, as Davies 1741 with narrower date and second 1 in date pointing to a space, Fine, 1920 Smaller reverse design with slightly tilted 0 in date, as Davies 1745 VG/Near Fine, an interesting group for the variety enthusiast
Florin 1918 ESC 937, Bull 3763, Davies 1741 Lustrous UNC with a choice golden tone, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 80, the joint finest known of 20 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report
Florin 1918 ESC 937, Bull 3763, Davies 1741, UNC with practically full mint lustre an extremely eye-catching example, the joint finest known of 20 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report, very few George V Florins of this type attain grades of 80 or above, many suffer from poor strike and the wide fields are prone to bagmarks, this a superior piece
Florin 1918 ESC 937, Bull 3763, Davies 1741 dies 2E Lustrous UNC, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 80, a superb example, all dates seldom seen in grades above 75 normally the weak strike and the wide open field attract many abrasions, this lowering the overall grade, this however a superior example and seldom seen thus. The joint finest known of 19 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report
Florin 1918 Davies 1741, CGS type FL.G5.1918.01, the standard issue for this date, Lustrous UNC, slabbed and graded CGS 80, the joint finest known of 17 examples thus far recorded by the CGS Population Report
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